John Richards (c.1730-1793)

John Richards is one of St John’s First Fleeters. He came to the colony as a convict on board the First Fleet ship Scarborough (1788) and died, at The Ponds, in August 1793, aged 63. Richards lies in an unmarked grave at the cemetery; its exact location, therefore, is unknown.

Burial Location

Unmarked grave, location unknown, St. John’s Cemetery, Parramatta

Positions

Convict Scarborough (1788)

Sources

Mollie Gillen, The Founders of Australia: A Biographical Dictionary of the First Fleet, (Sydney: Library of Australian History, 1989)